She starts out by expressing disappointment with the way our country's social safety-net programs work: "My family was damn poor when I was growing up on Long Island. There were no food stamps, no Medicaid, no welfare. If you were poor, you were poor. You didn't have a TV, you didn't have five pairs of shoes, you didn't have Levis, you didn't have a phone; you ate Spam, hot dogs, and spaghetti. We all survived! I am not against food stamps, welfare or Medicaid, if only they would oversee these programs properly!"

She goes on to rail against government intervention in what she sees as personal matters, including healthy eating and installing eco-friendly lightbulbs. And she comes out quite strongly against pork-barrel spending: "It drives me nuts to see that X millions are being allocated to build a turtle tunnel, a donkey museum, a salamander crossing, etc, etc, etc."

Later on, she claims that she's a longtime Democrat with no love for George W. Bush or Sarah Palin, and that she's "not 'involved' with the local [Tea Party] movement", but that she's against the Obama Administration's spending habits. Also: "Anyone who knows me knows that I'm not a fool, a racist, a Nazi. Anyone who knows me knows I'm afraid of flying, afraid of bugs, but not afraid to say what I think."

The whole interview is pretty head-spinning, and you can read it here.